Obama says US pledges aid to help investigate Air France crash
By APSunday, June 7, 2009
Obama pledges support on Air France probe
CAEN, France — President Barack Obama says the United States has authorized all of the government’s resources to investigate an Air France plane that disappeared off the coast of South America.
Obama told French President Nicholas Sarkozy on Saturday that Americans offer their thoughts and their prayers to the French, particularly those who lost family members in the suspected crash. Investigators are searching for debris from Air France Flight 447, which lost contact with officials on June 1 during a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris.
Two Americans were aboard the 228-person flight.
Obama says it’s not clear yet what happened to the plane but the two countries want to find discover what caused the plane to be lost.
